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Toddler won’t sleep past 5ish

15 replies

Lolarosemama · 14/02/2023 06:19

Is this my life now or does anyone have any tips? 37 weeks pregnant and so tired 😴

we’ve tried the gro clock to no avail 😩

OP posts:
Switchwitch · 14/02/2023 06:20

It's your life unfortunately. Just go to bed earlier for a few years.

Eileen101 · 14/02/2023 06:21

Can you bring toddler in with you?

The gro clock has only recently started working with my 4 year old. I brought my 2 year old one, but she stil doesn't 'get it' or just ignores it... So I bring her in with me and she usually falls back asleep.

Nimbostratus100 · 14/02/2023 06:22

5ish is about what you get

you will get your own back in the teenage years.

Judgyjudgy · 14/02/2023 06:23

Are they going to bed at the right time? If they're waking early they are probably under or over tired

MrsBunnyEars · 14/02/2023 06:23

Yep, it’s your life.

We tried the gro clock when DD was 2 and it made sod all difference. Trying again now she’s 3 and I’m hopeful… she had a lie in till 5.45 today.

Also pregnant and knackered, I think the only answer is sugary tea to kickstart me.

Zipadeebooyah · 14/02/2023 06:26

Going through the same thing at 17 months when he previously slept 7-6. We go to bed an hour earlier. He's still too young to try a gro clock.

Julyshewillfly · 14/02/2023 06:28

Having the same issue here. Bloody annoying!

YearoftheRabbit23 · 14/02/2023 06:41

Hopefully it is just a phase. Mine is 20 months and we had the 4am wake up phase for 1-2 months, then it improved, then we had the 5am wake up phase for another couple of months (occasionally could be coaxed back to sleep with a bottle), then it was better, for the last weeks it was 6:30am which was amazing, now we are back to 6am. Hoping it doesn't get earlier!

One thing that definitely did help us was making the room darker with black out blinds. He went from waking at 5am to 6am almost instantly.

YearoftheRabbit23 · 14/02/2023 06:42

We're about to transition to a child's bed as he can climb out of his crib. So I am expecting a period of poor sleep!

kikisparks · 14/02/2023 06:48

DD varies but 5ish is common, I’m hoping to shift everything forward an hour when the clocks change at the end of March.

Shemovesshemoves21 · 14/02/2023 06:48

Groclock and a sticker chart worked a treat for us. I think DD was 2.5/3 when we started using it. It won't be like this forever!

Merrow · 14/02/2023 06:53

We tried a gro clock close to 3 and gradually got the time closer and closer to what we considered acceptable. He's now up at 6.45 - any later and we got shouts about the gro clock being broken!

Before that DP and I just did an hour each in the morning. We tried bringing him into bed, but he was just awake so that didn't achieve anything. Toys in our room for him to play with just meant we were all awake from 5. The hour each approach at least gave us part of the morning where we didn't have to parent even if we didn't manage to get back to sleep.

Appleskypietoday · 14/02/2023 06:57

I used to put on the tv and snooze on the sofa. My oh and I took turns. This is where my encyclopaedic knowledge of Ben and Holly comes from and for my eldest Balamory.

34and3 · 14/02/2023 06:59

My 12 month old does 7-5.
I do 8-5!

shreddednips · 14/02/2023 07:00

Merrow · 14/02/2023 06:53

We tried a gro clock close to 3 and gradually got the time closer and closer to what we considered acceptable. He's now up at 6.45 - any later and we got shouts about the gro clock being broken!

Before that DP and I just did an hour each in the morning. We tried bringing him into bed, but he was just awake so that didn't achieve anything. Toys in our room for him to play with just meant we were all awake from 5. The hour each approach at least gave us part of the morning where we didn't have to parent even if we didn't manage to get back to sleep.

I agree with this- the gro clock can work but not if you start setting it to your ideal wake-up time right away (apologies if you didn't but this is exactly what we tried at first to no avail 😆) We then tried setting it to his normal wake-up time for a few days and piling on the praise for waiting for the yellow owl, then gradually setting it 5 minutes later until he got in the habit of waiting for it. But it was actually quite hard work (it's brilliant now but took a while for him to get it) so honestly I'd probably go to bed a lot earlier for the time being and work to his schedule until you have the energy to sort it. It's the path of least resistance!

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